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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1914
Page
4
Governor Emmet ONeal of Alabama issues a traditional proclamation designating Thanksgiving Day as the fourth Thursday. He calls for gratitude for peace and prosperity, notes war hardships in Europe, and urges alacritous charity for the homeless and hungry.
President Van Hise proposes a brief amendment to the Sherman act asserting that a business combination is unlawful only if it harms public welfare with the burden of proof on the accuser. The editorial urges fostering lawful industry, cautions against overreach, and calls for accountability and quicker resolution in merger cases to restore public trust.
Mrs. Medill McCormick states there is no opposition to woman suffrage in the country. A Boston event features a suffrage speaker who dismisses facts as irrelevant to the cause.
Fragmentary line hints at a father puzzled by a jolting action that disrupts a quiet scene. The brief text centers on a domestic moment and the puzzling impact of a sudden disturbance on family calm.
The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad introduces a market agent to organize farming clubs and connect producers with buyers. The program aims to diversify crops beyond cotton, improve harvesting and marketing, and raise local yields by keeping farmers in touch with markets and delivering goods at fair values.
Wealthy New York club man and prison reformer Thomas Mott Osborne accepts the warden job at Sing Sing. He leaves his Auburn home and business to live among inmates, drawing a $3500 annual salary to push reforms and improve conditions for the imprisoned.
The hymn was written by Rev John Fawcett after a London call caused his Yorkshire church to weep as six wagons stood ready to move their belongings. He chose to stay, turning back the departure and memorializing the moment with verse. A second bit of advice urges not to please everyone.
Louis Joseph Vance recalls writing his first marketable story thirteen years earlier titled The Dawn a Fragment of War a Civil War tale about a Southern girl who shelters a Northern spy and witnesses her lover shot. He explains his persistent faith and the Brandur magazine episode where a minor change ruined the story for payment and ended its publication prospects.
Washington specialists reassure that meat from herds with foot and mouth disease is not easily transmitted to humans when thoroughly cooked. Milk from diseased cows may transmit the disease but pasteurization makes it safe, while direct contact with animals is the main risk. Federal inspection ensures beef safety. local slaughterhouses lack federal oversight. Thorough cooking removes any risk from locally slaughtered meat.
Mrs Dillard Shofner and helpers hosted the Wednesday Review Club in honor of Mrs Oscar Hallmark. Twenty to thirty guests enjoyed a bright fire and cheerful chatter despite the weather. Ola McGill won the smiling contest and presented the prize to the honoree.
A witty exchange turns on a husband praising his wife’s voice while revealing his cutting contempt. Mrs Peavish recalls her husband’s past lodge visits, noting he was a member of the Ananias Club.
Humane Officer J. S. Ducorneau of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals expanded duty to aid charitable groups assisting the worthy poor. He reports weekly relief to families lacking food or fuel, often secured by appealing to merchants and coal dealers. He warns against impostors and offers to share case histories with charity workers and others seeking information, reachable via the police department.
John Brincat a Government street produce dealer reports a Tennessee shipment includes a Dominick breed rooster with a third leg. The extra limb near the left leg is fully feathered and paralyzed, hiding when the bird stands. Brincat plans to keep the curious fowl.
Hon William J Holland longtime Escambia tax collector dies at 67 after brief illness in Brewton Alabama He moved to the county in 1872 and served 17 years as tax collector including four full terms Interment set for Union Cemetery Monday afternoon
Government inspectors placed a precautionary restriction at the Wichita Union Stockyards after reports of foot and mouth disease in hogs. The ban prohibits the sale of stockers and feeders from the yards.
Alabama Governor issues a proclamation declaring Thanksgiving Day November 26 statewide. He urges all residents to thank Almighty God for peace and prosperity, and to aid those harmed by war who are homeless and destitute. The message contrasts peace with conquest and calls for sharing abundance with the hungry and cold.
Jos Kramer assistant cashier of the German State Bank in Cullman was arrested on three warrants by State Superintendent Walker for perjury embezzlement and receiving deposits after insolvency was known. Kramer, whose father Emil Kramer is in jail in Germany, failed to post bonds of 20000 dollars. Examiners report a 40000 dollar shortage. bank capital 25600 with total deposits and certificates around 166000. liquidation plans to be arranged within twelve hours.
The Birmingham Newspaper Club staged a series of dinners to promote Alabama products with Mobile benefiting first. The menu for Sunday November 22 featured Mobile Bay oysters on the half shell and each dish proclaimed as produced in Alabama, showcasing a broad range of local ingredients and Alabama farms and towns.
Brewton Rifles, Company G of the Alabama National Guard, depart Brewton on special coaches to Montgomery for a five day encampment at Pickett Springs for rifle practice under Captain M. C. Pittman and return Friday.
John Cc Laws longtime Orange County register of deeds until his death at age 94 after sixty four years in elective office. He died of pneumonia at his Hillsboro home at five this morning.
John Barrett director general of the Pan American Union outlines Mississippi Valleys special Latin American trade sphere. He cites eleven littoral countries plus western South America and Central America, urges credit, banking reform, and new U S flag shipping links via the Panama Canal to boost trade to two to three times current levels.
The Ohio State Journal reflects on political tensions easing as the pure air and gentle skies lift spirits. Nature’s beneficent forces brighten the scene and temper the griefs of the past campaign, guiding faith toward brighter days ahead.
Bottineau's state school of forestry plans distribution of one million trees to North Dakota residents in 1915. In Germany, Forbach reportedly maintains the most profitable town forest with a net annual gain of 12.14 dollars per acre.
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